"La vita va avanti."

[sharktrash]

Who: Squalo and: Xanxus, Genos, Koumei, YOU!
What: Catch-all for January Shenanigans.
When: Jan 1st-15th ish
Where: MANTICORE penthouse, Pride HQ, possibly elsewhere
Warnings: language, violence, dicks out, the usual. will detail for each toplevel

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CLOSED: Fetch // Jan 15th or later // Pride HQ

[sharktrash]

[ As proposed, he'll be waiting near one of the fully equipped rec rooms, leaning against the soundproof glass separating it from the hallway. He'll raise a gloved hand in greeting when he sees her approaching. ]

Heeey! Glad you showed. I think you're gonna like this.

[ And he's already turning to open the door and get in. ]

[makeitright]

[Fetch should probably be more suspicious of this but what the hell does she care if this is some kind of joke or something. Luci would eat him alive if he so much as blinked at her wrong. At least that was what reassured her.]

Oh yeah?

[SHES DETERMINED NOT TO. Being contrary is her favorite thing to do. ]

[sharktrash]

[ WOULD SHE REALLY. But nah, no ulterior motives here, he's not just trying to get her alone in the recording booth. Probably. ]

Okay, so. [ He turns around to face her once they're both in. Is he looking... excited? Close enough to it, anyway. ] You know that whole "write a song about someone else" thing going on? My manager signed me up because blah blah whatever, but. [ He raises a finger as if to accentuate what he's about to say next. ] I need some sick drumming in that song, okay. You're my... first available choice. [ Doesn't he know how to make a girl feel special? ] And it's gotta be live. I tried programming it and that's full of shit.

[ He's walking over to a box to dig out the demo he's supposedly slapped together, but he'll wait with actually letting it play. Maybe she won't be interested. ]

[makeitright]

[PROBABLY? Fetch settles on a stool and listens as attentively as she can. Honestly, she's really excited to do this. Especially since he liked her shit enough to want to ask her to do this. It's pretty major.

God forbid she act like it.]

You sure know how to flatter a girl.

[It's all the snark she gets out before he get the demo out of the box.]

Let's hear it.

[sharktrash]

[ PROBABLY. He flashes some teeth at her. ]

Heeey, I'm just being honest.

[ He'll whip the tape into the system. It'll be... something similar to this, just a bit heavier. The programmed drums track doesn't sound that well, but the intricate pattern should be audible enough to pick out. ]

Eighty-five tremolos in a row. Think you can do it?

[makeitright]

[Fetch closes her eyes and jams out to the beat. Her fingers are already playing the drum melody out.

She opens her eyes when he says eight-five. For a quiet moment, she looks daunted, but that ain't how she fucking rolls so she just grins viciously and cracks her knuckles.]

Hell yeah I can. That it?

[sharktrash]

[ Just as he thought. Even if she doesn't do it on the first try, she's stubborn enough to keep going -- and he's seen firsthand how passionate her drumming can be. This'll be splendid. His grin goes wider. ]

More or less. You can improvise some if you want to. I can make space for a solo near the end.

[ He flexes his fingers and hops off the amplifier he was sitting on. ]

Wanna try it out?

[ Best not to start recording right away, there might still be some changes that need to be made. ]

[makeitright]

I'll give it a whirl.

[Fetch is trying to sound cool, is it working? Fetch grabs the drumsticks near the set that someone kindly left behind for her to work with.

She makes some minor adjustments to the stool and everything else - trying to get it into an approximation of her own drumkit before deciding 'fuck it' and settling for what she got to work.]

Play me in?

[She'll figure it out as they go.]

[sharktrash]

[ Nah, but being cool is overrated anyway. ]

Yeah, one moment.

[ Of course he's going to pick up a cello, even though synth seemed much more prominent in that demo. Scratch that. He'll actually sit on a proper stool this time and start playing the main riff -- the "big violin" sounds scarily like a guitar, though it being an electric sort probably helps. ]

[makeitright]

[Fetch listens for a moment, bopping her head along to the tempo until she feels like she's got the rhythm and comes in steady and strong. It isn't like her solo, not in the slightest. That was just riffing; creative chaos and a good time to be had by all.

There's structure to this. The cymbal is kept short and crisp and after about ten repetitions she feels a familiar ache in her wrists. It's good.

Somewhere towards the end, Fetch stumbles on the repetition - getting lost in it instead of staying afloat and she has to make a hasty catch up that messes with the sound. She's grimacing when they're done, displeased with her performance.]

One more time?

[sharktrash]

[ She might flub it a bit at the end, but the rest? Now Squalo's sure he picked the right drummer to harass about this. It sounds alive, almost like he's imagined - a bit more reverb could make it even better, but they'll think on that once they start recording. Now it's just getting into it. ]

No rush, babe. Sounded great for the first fuckin' time you've even heard this thing.

[ He'll let her flex her arms or whatever before starting again. ]